Month: May 2018
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Nebraska farmer finished planting yesterday
Planting is wrapping up in some parts of the Midwest. Anne Meis, who farms near Elgin in northeast Nebraska, says they finished Thursday afternoon. “We finished up about 5:00 yesterday with our last bean field,” [Read More…]
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Iowa farmer still waiting to plant
Parts of the Midwest are still struggling to start planting. “We still haven’t been able to take a single box of seed out of the shed yet,” says Laura Cunningham of Nora Springs, Iowa, in [Read More…]
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A wide gap of planting progress across the Corn Belt
Across the Corn Belt, cold, rainy weather is maintaining a sluggish fieldwork pace across the upper Midwest. This is further widening the gap between planting progress in northern corn and soybean production areas and the [Read More…]
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An active pattern for much of the northern, central Corn Belt
A short-lived surge of cool air will blanket much of the northern and western U.S. into the weekend. By early next week, however, warmth will return to the North, leaving much of the country [Read More…]
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Chinese company expands Brazilian soybean operations
Chinese food giant Cofco is expanding its Brazilian operations. A company source told Bloomberg Cofco has hired nearly a dozen additional people to buy soybeans directly from Brazilian farmers in four major growing regions. Cofco [Read More…]
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Out-of-control truck smashes light poles after climbing highway median
iStock/Thinkstock(HAMPTON, Wis.) — A driver in Wisconsin was led away in handcuffs Thursday after the truck he was driving skipped up a highway median and uprooted two light poles. No one was hurt in the [Read More…]
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White Yale student calls police on napping black schoolmate, college vows to become ‘truly inclusive’
Michael Marsland/Yale University(NEW HAVEN, Conn.) — Yale University needs more work to become “truly inclusive,” a dean at the Ivy League school said after a white student there called police on a black classmate who [Read More…]
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Suspect in custody after reports of a man with a gun at California high school
ABC News(PALMDALE, Calif.) — A suspect is in custody after reports of a man with a gun at a high school in Palmdale, California, about 60 miles north of Los Angeles, authorities said. The initial [Read More…]
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Seven dead, including four children, in Australia’s worst mass shooting in decades
iStock/Thinkstock(OSMINGTON, Australia) — Seven people, including four children, were found dead from gunshot wounds early Friday at a property in southwest Australia, near the popular tourist town of Margaret River, police said. It appears to [Read More…]
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Police respond to reports of a man with a gun at California high school
ABC News(NEW YORK) — Police are responding to reports of a man with a gun at a Palmdale, California, high school. This is a breaking news story. Please check back for additional information.
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Mitchell City Council and Mayoral candidates face the public
Candidates for Mitchell city council and Mayor offered their thoughts on a variety of topics during Thursday’s public forum at MTI streamed live on the KORN News Radio website. The proposed Main Street Business Improvement [Read More…]
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Severe weather expected to last through weekend
ABC News(NEW YORK) — Threats of severe weather remain Friday — especially in Colorado, Wyoming and Nebraska — as more than 160 reports of damaging storms were filed on Thursday throughout the U.S. Winds in [Read More…]
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Severe weather expected to last through weekend
ABC News(NEW YORK) — Threats of severe weather remain Friday — especially in Colorado, Wyoming and Nebraska — as more than 160 reports of damaging storms were filed on Thursday throughout the U.S. Winds in [Read More…]
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Out-of-control truck smashes light poles after climbing highway median
iStock/Thinkstock(HAMPTON, Wis.) — A driver in Wisconsin was led away in handcuffs Thursday after the truck he was driving skipped up a highway median and uprooted two light poles. No one was hurt in the [Read More…]
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Production adds pressure to beef prices
Beef production is projected to increase through the end of the year. Jim Mintert, with Purdue’s Center for Commerical Agriculture, says that isn’t good news for beef prices. But, as he tells Brownfield there are other [Read More…]
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Wisconsin’s farmers get green light to produce hemp, hemp products
Wisconsin’s Attorney General says the uncertainty for Wisconsin hemp farmers and processors is over. Brad Schimel tells Brownfield farmers planning on growing industrial hemp can proceed as long as they are licensed and registered through [Read More…]
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Secretary Perdue restarts Back To Our Roots Tour
Ag Secretary Sonny Perdue is getting back on the road to hear from people in rural communities. This fourth leg of his Back to Our Roots tour starts Monday with stops in New Mexico, Colorado, [Read More…]
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White Yale student calls police on napping black schoolmate, college vows to become ‘truly inclusive’
Michael Marsland/Yale University(NEW HAVEN, Conn.) — Yale University needs more work to become “truly inclusive,” a dean at the Ivy League school said after a white student there called police on a black classmate who [Read More…]
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Listen to the Mitchell Mayoral and City Council candidate forum
Mitchell Mayoral and City Council candidate forum. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WudzUp-kU9M
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Groups say farm bill proposes wrong kind of reforms
Several groups are pushing for farm subsidy reform in the 2018 Farm Bill. Daren Bakst with the Heritage Foundation says the proposed House farm bill has reform – but is headed in the wrong direction. “This [Read More…]
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